The allure of dusty trails, battered hats and saloons with creaky doors is timeless – the cyborg zombies in exo-frames? That’s just anachronistic, but I dig the style of The Surge‘s new expansion, The Good, The Bad And The Augmented, released today. Described as a series of modifiable ‘test chambers’, this bit of DLC looks like it breaks away from the Souls-like progression of Deck13’s hack n’ slash action RPG, putting emphasis on self-contained brawls against western-themed robot and cyborg varmints. Below, a launch trailer.

The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented brings the old west to The Surge today!

The Surge gets brand new content today with the new expansion The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented, out today.

Warren will need to contend with not only the mad doctor’s nefarious traps and allies, but his jeering taunts and endless jibes as well, as he dives ever deeper into the Old West challenges presented in the DLC. See the new gear, unique Challengers, and brutal executions in the epic Launch Trailer, released today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjN-Ql0KX0IEnter the bowels of the CREO facility and explore an old and abandoned Quality Assurance lab created to push CREO’s tech to the limit. Warren will face Dr. Rischboter’s deadly test chambers that, for some reason, feel torn straight out of a twisted Wild West TV show!

Fight through the mad doctor’s training rooms and try modifying them yourself for increased rewards by combining up to 4 of the 16 insane modifiers available.

At the end of each stage, fight against distinct Challengers, powerful opponents forged from the training scenarios who are equipped with 30 unique new equipment pieces – armors, weapons, and implants - that you can take for yourself!

Mosey on over to Dr. Rischboter’s labs today with ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented’! On October 16, you will also be able to embark on the ultimate The Surge experience with the Augmented Edition, which will include the full game and all its DLCs, including The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented as well as the previously released A Walk in the Park.

Discover the first screenshots of The Surge’s newest expansion ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented’!Fight against mad scientist Dr. Rischboter for unique weapons, armor sets and plenty more!

Hardcore Action RPG The Surge will soon be getting brand new content with a new expansion as The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented is coming this October 2 to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Discover the first glimpses of the expansion’s wicked enemies awaiting you in the Mad Doctor’s testing chambers.

Enter the bowels of the CREO facility and explore an old and abandoned Quality Assurance lab created to push CREO’s tech to the limit. Warren will face Dr. Rischboter’s deadly test chambers that, for some reason, feel like torn straight out of a twisted Wild West TV show!

Fight through the mad doctor’s training rooms and try modifying them yourself for increased rewards by combining up to 4 of the 16 insane modifiers available. At the end of each stage, fight against distinct Challengers, powerful opponents forged from the training scenarios who are equipped with 30 unique new equipment pieces – armors, weapons, and implants - that you can take for yourself!

Mosey on over to Dr. Rischboter’s labs on October 2, when ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented’ comes out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Soon after the release of this new expansion, new players will also be able to embark on the ultimate Surge experience with the Augmented Edition, which will include the full game and all its DLCs, including The Good, the Bad and the Augmented as well as the previously released A Walk in the Park.

Welcome to a new article unveiling more about The Surge's newest expansion - The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented, coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC October 2.

In the bowels of the CREO facility, you'll explore an old and abandoned Quality Assurance lab created to push CREO’s tech to the limit. Warren will face Dr. Rischboter’s deadly test chambers that, for some reason, feel like torn straight out of a twisted Wild West TV show!

The mad doctor’s training rooms are accessible through several access points spread over the environments of the base game. The testing chambers are numbered from 1 to 9, each room being more difficulty to finish than the previous one, but also more rewarding.

Each stage can be customized with a series of modifiers which also alter the rewards for beating the room. As shown in the screenshot below, you can combine up to 4 of 16 insane modifiers available. You can pick a maximum of one modifier for each row.

At the end of each stage, fight against distinct Challengers, powerful opponents forged from the training scenarios who are equipped with 30 unique new equipment pieces – armors, weapons, and implants - that you can take for yourself!

The harder and crazier the modifiers, the better the rewards! Each gear from The Good, The Bad and The Augmented has an upgraded V2 version, some have even better hidden upgrades!

The testing chambers are slowly unlocked through the main story in a first run, and all available from the start in NG+. We can't wait to see you test the tons of crazy combinations available, such as the black & white "vintage" modifier 😉

It s nice to see difficult robot slicer The Surge get dafter with each expansion. The sci-fi Soulslike previously went for a Walk in the Park to chop robot limbs off animatronic bunnies in a malfunctioning theme park. Now, its next expansion, The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented, is visiting the basement laboratory of a mad doctor who has themed his entire facility after the Wild West. But why would he do this? For some reason, say developers Deck13. For some reason. (more…)

Hardcore Action RPG The Surge will soon be getting brand new content with a new expansion as The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented is coming this October 2 to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Watch today’s Teaser Trailer to get a first glimpse of The Surge’s wild, wild West!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goQOKlrNGEgEnter the bowels of the CREO facility and explore an old and abandoned Quality Assurance lab created to push CREO’s tech to the limit. Warren will face Dr. Rischboter’s deadly test chambers that, for some reason, feel like torn straight out of a twisted Wild West TV show!

Fight through the mad doctor’s training rooms and try modifying them yourself for increased rewards by combining up to 4 of the 16 insane modifiers available. At the end of each stage, fight against distinct Challengers, powerful opponents forged from the training scenarios who are equipped with 30 unique new equipment pieces – armors, weapons, and implants - that you can take for yourself!

Mosey on over to Dr. Rischboter’s labs on October 2, when ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Augmented’ comes out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

New players will also be able to embark on the ultimate Surge experience with the Augmented Edition, which will include the full game and all its DLCs, including The Good, the Bad and the Augmented as well as the previously released A Walk in the Park.

After the success of last year’s sci-fi Action RPG The Surge, we're happy to showcase a new gameplay footage of The Surge 2, releasing 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-PIQf635c0The trailer showcases the new Park sector, located in the middle of a city ravaged by the events of The Surge. Devious mercenaries called The Hunters roam the artificial, man-made forest, searching for a powerful creature. Beware their traps, their cunning cloaking devices, and most of all, the out-of-control former park guardians.

The Surge 2 keeps what fans and critics loved about the original – hardcore combat utilizing a unique, dynamic limb targeting system and deep character progression – while also improving the formula.

The Surge 2 takes place in a brand new environment: a sprawling, devastated city with larger and more ambitious level design, made possible by our upgraded and improved FLEDGE engine. Combat is more brutal and tactical than ever, with more advanced dodging, directional parrying, and unique AI behaviors. In addition, more abilities, weapons, implants, and drones give players a vast arsenal to build their character with, in their fight against the array of diverse new enemies and bosses.

The armor sets provide a variety of useful boons when worn in their entirety, as well as giving Warren various, fetching new looks to go about his gruesome business.

The ANGEL was originally designed for operation in the harsh vacuum of space, some of the most inhospitable conditions known to man, and bestows faster attack speeds, better energy gain, harder impacts on CODENAME weapons.

Asclepius was meant to assist army veterans in gaining a new lease on life, but its regenerative powers will work well enough for you too. Finally the Nano Ward gear uses bleeding edge technology to give your blocks some serious explosive power – if you can time them right.

On the more offensive side, CREO’s new weapons are the latest technology, prototypes for blue-sky projects that may never see the light of day – and certainly haven’t been safety-tested!

Experiment 44H, known as the Dark Star, never saw full production due to the madness of its creator leading to him sabotaging the whole project before more than one could be made. Its unique containment field will wreak havoc on enemies.

Engelhart is a boost tool that uses state-of-the-art technology to become searing hot anytime, anywhere. As potentially dangerous to the wielder as their enemies, it requires skill and practice to use effectively.

Finally BioN J-1, codenamed Last Aid, is quite literally a surgical tool, originally designed for use in medical hospitals. After an unfortunate incident with a rogue doctor, it became known as a tool of carnage – show your enemies what that means.

Once the DLC is installed you will find six fierce new enemies in Abandoned Production, Management, and Core that must be defeated to acquire the new items – they won’t go down easily.

This is only the beginning for The Surge franchise! We look forward to showing fans and press more about the highly anticipated sequel The Surge 2, coming 2019, at E3 this year.

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